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Disquiet with an authoritarian leader, presiding over an archaic state-dominated economy, sounds familiar. (more…)
According to experts, the authorities and people track the protests in Belarus, but each country is distinctly specific. (more…)
Politicians and experts in Tajikistan believe that the authorities will seriously discuss the latest events in Belarus.
Belarus protests against the election results did not generate much interest in the Uzbek media. While the authorities tend to keep silent on this issue, Russian media strongly influences the public opinion.
Demands continue for President Sooronbay Jeenbekov’s resignation. (more…)
Instead of the criminal article “Slander” transferred to the Code of Administrative Offenses in Kazakhstan, the journalists, bloggers and civil activists are now accused on alternative charges.
The incumbent President, Emomali Rahmon, as expected, won the election with triumph. According to the Central Election Commission, over 90 percent of voters voted for him. (more…)
No candidate debates, empty campaign offices, aggressive advertisement of current President Rahmon, attacks on supporters and relatives of the real opposition- this is how the presidential campaign of 2020 in Tajikistan could be shortly characterized. One of the registered candidates declared that he would congratulate the winner with a bouquet of flowers.
The lack of legality is fraught with the emergence of far more serious and dangerous crises in the republic, analysts said. (more…)
After the 2010 constitutional reform, every vote matters at election of any level. (more…)